Manufacture of ornamental plaques



(No Model.) J.JAGOBSON.

MANUFAGTURE OF ORNAMENTAL PLAQUES. No. 285,038. Patented sept. 18, 188s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JACOBSON, O-F BOSTON,'MASSAOHUSETTS.

vrv|Ar \1u`|-ACTURE oF ORNAMENTAL PLAQUES.

-SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,038, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

Application filed March 26, 1883. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, JOHN JAcoBsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in-the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture ofOrnamental Plaques, 85e., of which the follow-4 ing is a description.

IIhe present invention relates to improvements in the manufacture ofornamental plaques, clock-cases, brush-backs, napkinrings, and similararticles of glass, the surfaces of which are decorated with ornamentaldesigns.

Figure 1 is a plan view of plaque ornamented; Fig. 2, a section of samethrough line A B, showing the glass plaque Gand the'ornamental paper orpasteboard plaque or dish D, which is stamped or otherwise made toconform in shape to the underneath side of the glass plaque or di'sh O.Fig. 3 shows the back of a brush when looking` down upon it. Fig. 4 is asection of same through line E G, Fig. 5, a perspective view of anapkin-ring, the outside showing the decorated surface of the inner tubeof paper or pasteboard, H, through the glass tube J 5 Fig. 6, a sectionof Fig. 5, showing the relative position of the glass tube J and theinner tube of paper, H.

Plaques, vases, brush-backs, and similar articles of utility andornament are decorated on their surfaces by different processes-some bypainting the design and varnishing it afterward to make it more durable,others, as

on chinaware, 'by being submitted to heat until the ornamental designsamalgamate with the softened surface of the china-ware. The rst processdescribed is not very durable and soon gets defaccd and worn. The secondis very eX- pensive, and does not come within reach of all.

The object of the present invention is to produce ornamental surfaceswhich will admit of the most elaborate designs and yetl be produced socheaply and in such quantities as to come within the means of thehumblest citizens.

If a plaque is the article to be made, l have glass plaques blown ormolded into the required shape, as shown in Fig. 2 at C, and anotherplaque made of paper or pasteboard, D, which has on its upper surfacethe design in tended to be seen through the .glass plaque, as shown inFig. l.- The upper surface of the paper or pasteboard plaque is made tot exactly to the under side of the molded glass. I then unite the two bycementing them together or by binding them together round the edges withcloth, wood, metal, or other bands, so that when the two are rmlyfastened together an article is produced which is hard and smooth on itsoutside surface, easily kept clean, and shows all the brilliancy ofdecorated glassware. 'a'

The brush-back shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is another illustration of thesame principle applied to a dierentform, and the napkin-ring, Figsj and6, illustrates a different application of* the same principle, theoutside of the paper or pasteboard tube H being made to lit exactly tothe inside of the glass tube J and decorated. The two tubes are thenunited in some well-known and permanent manner to make it appear as onepiece. Thus a napkinring is made which is at once cheap, elegant, anddurable. v

I might continue to make further and indefinite illustrations, but thinkthe abovenamed are enough to show the utility and manner ofmanufacturing ornamental glassware in the manner invented by me.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to Asecure by Letters Patent,is-

As new articles of manufacture, plaques, card-receivers, napk1n-rings,and other similar objects when the outside surface is made of glass andthe inner or under surface is made of decorated paper or pasteboardpressed or stamped to conform to the shape of the glass, in the manneras and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN J ACOBSON.

In presence of- ALFRED J. LILL, FRANK L. DODGE.

